The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-01-27

al A.,
rise 10 place in nomination candldate lot ,ne
higb and responsible position or UnlleG 9tavs
senator In this connec ion 1t may NOT Oe map
proprate to consider briefly tue mature apt IN
actar of this position As understand IT, tI'e III
tanti0p f the trainers OF the national cohPaet'
which binds together the states OF TINS uhlon ~
creating the upper house of the national cohGless,
and in providing for the election OF It's mehioeIe
Inv the Legislatures of the several states, ana CIV
inc 10 them long terms Of Office, was that the sen
ate should be conservative hody, removed rom rom
actual contact with heated political contests before
th. ueopp, TO the end that It's members shoulu Ho'
ba cnntroll-d by any sudden impulse OF lopu-
AR D8asiOn or prejudice but should rather ac' 40
a check upon the more impulsive popular nrahCil
the state as conservatives of their reserved rights
and of he reserved rights of tho people. Snch,
think, was the intention Of the trainers OF 1tti
national constitution. But nov sadly In THESE lat
terdays has this body depareI from the purposes OF
its creation Instead of being now the cOnscrVatOr
of the reserved rights of The stat g ana OF Inc peu
pie our national senate is considered, rear 700
iustly, the stronghold OF corporate power, tne
Iliant tool of aggregated wealth, and the enemy
of POPULAR rights. Instead Of Jealousy guarding
the tights Of tine states and Of the people NOT con-
hded to the general government, too often nave we
seen this body eager in the enactment OF measures
some designed to aggrandize the national govern
meut at the expesse of the states, ana others nav
ing the effect to build up certain sections OF our
common country at the expense OF Others
The remedy for all this is for the PEG,
to choose members of this body, to rec 10 IL
that the persons chosen are in sympathy
with the genius of our republican INSTITUTIONS,
friends of popular rights and opponents Oh az
measures tending to benefit the few at the expense
IF the many. Such man | commend 10 you IN
the Eerson Of Hon. John Ireland, ex-governor Oh
Texas. The eminent gentleman whom nave lhe
honor to name for the high position we are now
called upon to fill, is much better known to many,
many members of this house than to mysel1: MY
personal acquaintance with him is limited but, as
representative anxious to perform well every
duty of my position, have examined CLOSELY lhto
the past acts and conduct of those VINO aspire 10
represent, in cart, our state in the upper mouse OF
the ma iOnal congress, and such examination mas
convinced me that Texas has no more worthy son,
and never had more faithful rflcial, than the
Hon. John Ireland; and no one more than he de-
serte5 this high honor at her hands. horn IN heh,
lucky, the gent eman name, in his early days had
only the benefits Of u common school educa'loh:
tut, with the character site eAergy and aoltloh ol
the true American, he has p"shed his
way, onward and upward from a
lowly beginning to the position OF
governor of this great state. For more than thirty
wears he has been a resident of Texas, and mas
served the state In each Of the great departments
of gOvernmeut-leSi5 alive, Judicial ana eNeGutNo.
In every position u which he has been Calleu ne
has been true TO the tru Is reposed IN NM a WISE
legislator, just and upright judge, an aOle ahI
efficient eXeCutive cuse scrutiny OF MS onlclhl
record can but elicit the plauilt NV elluOne, tAou
good and faithful servant. Always the trlend OF
the people and the inNcttrate foe Of monupoues,
we are indebted to hl= wise craftsmanship ana tuat
80 ,,, VOC crioy In Iii. dfv il Is A popular
thin, IN cry ouf AGAINST rnunouolils and for the
60, a ,,,,liti,iar T., I,rdly rnsg m himself the
nrotaStnr If I0i,Ilar r,gnfs mn tpI- mau ia one
n aunjad ,ii,,os o+ d, Har, n. hars seemed
hIird T." fn tlTeatanad Sn.r H., hitter opposi.
ton, Years ago, to that pOuCy oy which such vast
80 ~. .in. - ,u,r tr,y1 and va
Us,tiri,r'yrG ~, nv ,a' r,nnrs nov gn this
Hon, n H. ,s,varIrrnoural affairs there be one
Fict rI,arl r. a., 'n,lha~ tn fha l,,,1ia IF Texas
i, T.. Inc cans. 60 Yuhlir eduCat!6n We realize
that ,t4 vrrna.pllS of republican institutions de
nrol. mon an, irroliirrnce Of the people and We
iri. ,,irsr'yrs anon Grr MAGNIFICENT sch6o. fuuC
yrU far ma 10 remember that when uNgg
hack In 1g53 Though a constitutional amendmcnr
tbs t,,,v vas ybnuf I'm La pupnpd for .np rapid abe
4 rr:inn If ouT puhic lands by CORPORATIONS,
winch soon fyliuved uuder the spgciuus plea of
nT,r,i4irt. ioie-rai improvements the Hon John
Irai-rG IIpI a member of thIl house assisted bv
A f4, .fhpr javrrla triende Of the peUpie preyent-
ed fa attention of FIN. urn,,ospd mt until
4 law mad been argerei setting apart one half
of The unnppfouriatsd domain for the
use az tie public tree schools,
and thus was saved q, the children III Texas, the
school fund If which wa a e iu.,,v proud John
Ire,1,l f,i,gt ,Ea Init. nj Ir I3e,yIp and for fh,
brsa " forces lgs" If ' a@1etat.d -"'- wealth ana
corporate power and greed, when others, now much
Louder In lprl Rfolfs,Gn' Oh asot i9f , p'p ,,
p41Isr Tor al address VI this character, sor6ids
af minnie mention OF ~ me b vai9 n SS;s sd or
record COR more lbsp thirty yea,@ ~ geiore yoa.
S l9 of r pa, nS Mo eH has s he N new
formed tue duties of his high place. The high
ana We'll aGE S tribute l1al nas been Pad n,9 d
@ W 'ug f',g'i'Iu len o, ~ %
nosti5r We arS rc,s .hnnr to III flin. i1stiir.
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